04/05 CUBS (Zambrano) @ Atlanta (Lowe) 3:05 CDT, WCIU & ESPN

[illiniguy]

How awesome are our cajuns?

[cubfan]

Kyle I hear what your saying man, and on the surface it seems like it would make sense, but I can't see how your argument that you have to miss bats to be a good pitcher works when there have been far too many pitchers, HOF ones at that, who made a living pitching to contact.

 

Name them. I bet almost all of them missed bats at a decent rate.

 

Greg Maddux in the later part of his career (2002-2008) put up a 3.92 ERA and struck out only 14.1% of the batters he faced

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maddugr01.shtml?redir#2002-2008-sum:pitching_simple

 

I'm at work so I'm not putting a ton of thought into this, so I'm likely to be contradicted, but that's just the first name I thought of when you asked me to name one.

And when Greg Maddux was, you know, good, he struck out an awful lot more guys.

 

Isn't that the exact point trying to be made about Carlos?

 

I was thinking of good as above league avg. Maddux prime was obviously Hall of Fame caliber but I think the 2002-2008 he was still an above avg pitcher. While Maddux was an above avg pitcher he only struck out 14.1% of batters he faced and makes the point that UMFan83 was making. I guess it depends on your definition of good.

[OleMissCub]

i wish i had hot coffee to throw in mcclouth's face

[Cubswin11]

Sweet play Fontenot you schmuck

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Soriano should wear a ski mask at every AB. He's the world greatest thief.

 

When someone knocks on your door and offers you a huge pile of money everyone else knows you don't deserve, you aren't a thief.

[NotSoSober]

our middle infield us unbelievably bad, yet these knuckleheads @ espn were talking about how great our infield defense was before the game

[Old Style]

Star-lin Cas-tro (clap clap clapclapclap)

[Cubswin11]

How awesome are our cajuns?

Grit, Grit, Grit!!!!

[jersey cubs fan]

it's a good thing fontenot can backup SS.

[Hawk4Hall]

Soriano should wear a ski mask at every AB. He's the world greatest thief.

 

When someone knocks on your door and offers you a huge pile of money everyone else knows you don't deserve, you aren't a thief.

I wish Jim Hendry would knock on my door. I at least will lay off a slider low and away.

[Hall7810]

Pat is harping on how out of position Wolf was on that call.

[illiniguy]

Soriano should wear a ski mask at every AB. He's the world greatest thief.

 

When someone knocks on your door and offers you a huge pile of money everyone else knows you don't deserve, you aren't a thief.

Yeah, I'm thinking everyone of us would have taken it.

[erik316wttn]

i wish i had hot coffee to throw in mcclouth's face

 

Get another one for the ump.

[jersey cubs fan]

Soriano should wear a ski mask at every AB. He's the world greatest thief.

 

When someone knocks on your door and offers you a huge pile of money everyone else knows you don't deserve, you aren't a thief.

 

you can still do time

[A-Cal]

I see this is a festive place this afternoon.

[Prizefight]

Pat's roasting the ump on the radio. Calling out the line he took to review the play etc. Good stuff.

[inari]

Pat's roasting the ump on the radio. Calling out the line he took to review the play etc. Good stuff.

 

I'd be very curious to hear that.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Our season is falling apart! Quick, sign Michael Barrett to punch somebody!

 

Shoot, he's in prison.

[BCVM22]

Good lord, Len.

[illiniguy]

Our season is falling apart! Quick, sign Michael Barrett to punch somebody!

 

Shoot, he's in prison.

I send him cigs each week as thanks for his crime.

[OleMissCub]

i have a headache

[Cubswin11]

Pat is harping on how out of position Wolf was on that call.

Is he the 3rd base ump? Whoever was the 3rd base ump should have been in shallow LF to get a look at that play.

Edited April 5, 2010 by Cubswin11

[Smack]

Soriano should wear a ski mask at every AB. He's the world greatest thief.

 

When someone knocks on your door and offers you a huge pile of money everyone else knows you don't deserve, you aren't a thief.

 

you can still do time

 

lol

[Cubswin11]

Runs now you bastards!!!!

[Tim M]

Game 1 and this whole board is already miserable.